Hanoi Pedestrian Street, open on weekends, has become an ideal dating place for many people, especially young Hanoi. This is also one of the favorite destinations of domestic and foreign tourists when coming to the beloved capital.
Every weekend, Hanoi’s pedestrian street becomes more crowded and bustling than ever when the influx of people coming here every time. Simply put aside the hustle and bustle of the busy daily life to come here to enjoy the taste of idle, leisurely on the steps around Sword Lake. Or simply return to your childhood with fun folk games such as eateries, rope skipping, tug of war … or fully enjoy the extremely unique and attractive art performances.
And surely it is impossible not to wander together on the street corners of snacks, enjoy the sweet Trang Tien ice cream or enjoy the cool Ta Hien beer … Alas! That is enough for the traveling devotees to immediately take a hike to Hoan Kiem Lake pedestrian street to experience the simple pleasures of the capital on the weekends. Now, Vietnam Tourists discover and experience all the best things about this pedestrian street.
Many special activities on Hoan Kiem Lake walking street
Where is Hanoi Pedestrian Street?
Newly in operation from September 1, 2016, Hanoi pedestrian street , also known as Ho Guom pedestrian street, has been planned to include many streets around Hoan Kiem district. This has become the common living space of the people of the capital and tourists when there are exciting events, sports and cultural activities. Since then, this street has attracted millions of participants and has never cooled down.
The streets near Sword Lake are planned in the pedestrian street, including:
- Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Hang Khay, Le Thai To (1/2 Le Thai To Street on the side of Hoan Kiem Lake, from Hang Trong to Hang Khay)
- Le Lai Street (from Dinh Tien Hoang to Ly Thai To)
- Le Thach Street
- Tran Nguyen Han Street (from Dinh Tien Hoang to Ly Thai To)
- Dinh Le Street
- Nguyen Xi Street
- Trang Tien Street (from Ngo Quyen to Hang Bai)
- Lo Su Street (Dinh Tien Hoang to Nguyen Huu Huan)
- Hang Dau Street (Dinh Tien Hoang to Go Go Bridge)
- Hoan Kiem Lake Street
- Luong Van Can Street (from Hang Hanh to Le Thai To)
- Hang Bai Street (from Hai Ba Trung to Hang Khay)
- Bao Khanh Street (section from Ngo Bao Khanh to Le Thai To)
Opening hours and pedestrian street map
The pedestrian street is open on 3 weekends from: 7:00 pm Friday to 24 Sunday every Sunday (in winter, the pedestrian street is open from 6pm on Friday). During this time, the pedestrian streets around Ho Guom district will prohibit vehicles from operating from 24/24 hours. Some neighboring streets near the night market area will prohibit vehicles from 19h – 24h. And below is the address of Hanoi pedestrian street as well as a car ban schedule that you can refer to:
Walking map
Recommended parking locations near Hoan Kiem Lake pedestrian street
To get to the pedestrian street, it is compulsory to park the vehicle in the following areas:
– Parking for passenger cars and tourist cars: Tran Khanh Du (next to the fence of the history museum); Tran Quang Khai (rocky beach), Phung Hung.
– Car parking points:Ngo Quyen (16-22 and Le Lai – Le Thach); Ly Thuong Kiet, Ly Thai To (Lo Su – Le Lai); Hai Ba Trung, Tran Hung Dao, Quang Trung (Hai Ba Trung – Trang Thi); Le Phung Hieu (Dien Hong flower garden); Pham Ngu Lao and Co Tan; Tran Nhat Duat; Phung Hung, Bat Dan, Hang Trong, Church, Tran Nguyen Han (Ngo Quyen, Tong Dan); Hang Bai (Hai Ba Trung – Trang Thi, opposite Trang Tien Plaza).
– Bicycles and motorbikes parking locations:
- Hai Ba Trung Street: In front of house 1 – 3, No. 5, 7 – 9, 11, 15, 17, 28 – 32, 35, 38A, 22B, 23L, 23K, 23T, 29F, 37, 38, 40 , 41, 44, 48, 54 (Ministry of Industry and Trade) and Trang Tien Plaza (Hai Ba Trung Street)
- Quang Trung Street: Wall fence of the National Library & house numbers 2E – 2D – 3C; No. 3 (Institute of Medicinal Materials); Even side of Hang Bai street (Hai Ba Trung – Ly Thuong Kiet)
- Ngo Quyen Street: No. 1B (Hanoi Transport Union); No. 2 – 4 – No. 6 – No. 8 (Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs), No. 12 – No. 14 – Number 16 – Number 18 – 20 – Number 18D.
- Ly Thai To street : Ly Thai To street (27-27B), 34 – 36 – 51, in front of house 55 – 57; in front of house 58-60; 61 Ly Thai To & Ly Dao Thanh; Dien Hong flower garden (on the side of Ly Thai To street); Ly Thai To street (Dien Luc hotel).
- Le Phung Hieu Street: No. 11
- Ba Trieu Street: 28 – 34 on the side of Hang Gai street (from 58-50; from 19 – 90)
Parking locations on the map
Interesting activities at Hanoi pedestrian street
Check-in virtual live
The first activity that is enthusiastically responded by young people is that you will be spoiled for checking-in with all kinds of virtual concept of panning, shimmering beauty. Because the pedestrian street has many beautiful coordinates to mention: Hoan Kiem lake, New Hanoi Newspaper editorial, St. Joseph’s Cathedral, train view cafe, Phung Hung mural street … No need for a good deputy, Just stand in and you have a set of “million likes” photos.
Check-in at the Cathedral
Phung Hung mural street
New newspaper office in Hanoi
Cafe train view
Folk games
It is extremely interesting when going to Hoan Kiem Lake pedestrian street is that instead of modern technology games, this place brings us back to a peaceful and clear childhood with familiar folk games. Vietnamese identity and spirit are: kicking balls, playing umbrellas, tug of war, jumping rope, making kids … in a fun atmosphere and eager to attract not only children and adults to participate. .
Folk game activities were exciting
Unique artistic and cultural performance spot
In addition to folk games, at Hanoi’s pedestrian street, there are also many unique cultural and artistic activities that attract hundreds of thousands of participants such as: dance groups, performing arts groups from romantic love songs. to exciting American Lantin songs or extremely attractive dance cover dance sessions. In addition, there are traditional art programs such as solo songs, singing songs … making pedestrian streets more lively and exciting than ever.
Unique artistic and cultural performance spot
Events at Hanoi pedestrian street
In particular, the indispensable spiritual food in the pedestrian street is the events that are organized with great pride. From city events, domestic and international events are held here. The most prominent is the Countdown New Year music festival, cultural exchange festival, Korean – Vietnamese food festival … And many other interesting activities take place enough for you to have a lot of experience. Interesting on the weekend.
Events at the pedestrian street are vibrantly organized
Portrait painting at the pedestrian street
And if you want to own a street art photo, sit by Hoan Kiem lake so that the artist sketches your portrait for you in just 30 minutes. Also quite interesting and expected, right guys.
Portrait by lake
Shopping, eating and drinking
And definitely coming to Hoan Kiem Lake pedestrian street you cannot ignore a great opportunity to experience shopping paradise here. There are many shopping centers, dining combined with unique souvenir shops. Besides, this place is also a dining paradise with many restaurants, pub bars for visitors to swing to their fullest until 2am.
Especially on the evening of Friday to Sunday, visitors can visit the old town night market stretching 3km from Hang Dao street to Dong Xuan market with the sparkle, fanciful from the lighting system. And surely you will be spoiled for enjoying many unique delicacies that this neighborhood offers.
Shopping, eating and drinking at the pedestrian street
What to eat at Hanoi pedestrian street?
Trang Tien ice cream
Having come to Hoan Kiem lake pedestrian street , do not miss the famous delicious Trang Tien ice cream specialties. Although the ice cream shop is small, the customers are always crowded and can not sell. There are many types of ice cream for you to enjoy such as: green bean flavor, nuggets flavor, coconut flavor … Certainly, be a polite, elegant customer and queue in order to buy ice cream.
- Address: 35 Trang Tien
- Price ranges: 7,000 – 12,000 VND / unit
Enjoy Trang Tien ice cream
Thuy Ta Ice Cream
This is also a famous ice cream shop that you should enjoy. The shop is located on Ly Thai To street next to Hoan Kiem Lake with many choices for visitors: coconut milk cream, lemon mint, snail, chocolate …
- Address: Ly Thai To street next to Hoan Kiem Lake
- Price: 8,000 – 9,000 VND / unit
Enjoy Thuy Ta ice cream
Sweet savory donuts
For those who love junk food, they are no stranger to Luong Ngoc Quyen – a sweet, savory donut paradise that looks very fertile from outside in. One piece in your mouth is delicious.
- Address: Luong Ngoc Quyen street
- Price: 4,000 VND / unit
Sweet savory donuts
Fried spring rolls
Speaking of which, it is the famous fried spring rolls in Tem Thuong alley. A hot, greasy spring rolls dish with hot chili sauce will make you almost rub when you eat. Besides, the street also sells other items such as: beef fish, butter chips, goldfish … for you to enjoy.
- Address: 38 rows of Bong Lane temporarily Thuong – Hang Gai – Hoan Kiem – Hanoi
- Price: 5,000 VND / unit
Fried spring rolls
Grilled sticky bananas
Not only Saigon has grilled sticky bananas, but now Hanoi also has this dish that makes many devotees crazy and frantically go to Hanoi’s pedestrian street to enjoy. A banana wrapped with sticky sticky rice is fragrant, and sprinkled with creamy coconut milk is enough to make you wobble.
- Address: No. 1 Hang Duong
- Price: 20,000 VND / rate
Grilled sticky bananas
Heated
Adding a special snack of Hanoi also makes visitors feel hot. Eating with dipping sauce will be rich in fat, crispy at the corner of the mouth.
- Address: 73 Hang Bong
- Price: 2,000 VND / item
Heated
The famous dining street in the pedestrian street
Lemon tea – Church street
A famous feature in the Church neighborhood is lemon tea slashing the wind. Just a few simple plastic chairs and a cup of cool lemon tea plus a sunflower plate are enough for you to sip the rest of the evening with them.
Big church lemon tea
Bia – Ta Hien Street
If Saigon is famous for the bustling and bustling Bui Vien street, in Hanoi, Dong Hien Street is also a street that attracts many foreign tourists. The specialties of Ta Hien street that you cannot ignore are beer and snacks with extremely cheap prices such as fried skewers, french fries, spring rolls …
Ta Hien Beer
Pho Thin – Dinh Tien Hoang
Pho Thin 61 Dinh Tien Hoang is famous for a long time in Hanoi. This is the only restaurant on the Ho bank that visitors should visit to enjoy the rich and traditional flavors of the old Hanoians.
- Price: ranging from 40,000 – 70,000 VND / bowl
Pho Thin – Photo: Trung Bui
Grilled beef – Ma May street
Located right next to Ta Hien Street, Ma May Street is famous for being a barbecue street with a variety of dishes. Especially, Ma May Xuan Xuan grilled beef is famous for its soft and sweet taste, extremely mouth-watering.
- Selling price according to clay: 200,000 VND / clay; separate items: 50,000 VND / plate
Ma May grilled beef
Mixed glass noodles – Silver goods
If you want to enjoy mixed vermicelli, you should definitely go to Hang Bac Street. The mixed vermicelli bowl here is full of gulp with the chewy crunch of vermicelli mixed with the crispy sweet taste of the squid … delicious.
- Price: 40,000 VND / full bowl
Glass noodles mixed with Hang Bac – (@) hanhngnfood
Grilled chicken feet – Alley Brick
If you are a fan of grilled chicken feet, go to Brick Lane in Hanoi’s pedestrian street to enjoy. The golden grilled chicken legs, mixed with sweet honey, also make visitors feel depressed.
- Price: 16,000 VND / a grilled chicken leg & honey butter toast 10,000 VND / piece
Leg of chicken grill
Bun snail – Hoe Nhai
Who is a fan of vermicelli dishes, please come to Hanoi to visit Hoe Nhai street to enjoy. A bowl of vermicelli here is delicious with a full range of types: snails, beans, cows, rolls … ú. Especially in winter, enjoy the hot noodle dish.
- Price: 30,000 – 50,000 VND / bowl
Vermicelli noodles
So what are you waiting for without making a mess with your best friends on a trekking trip at Hanoi’s pedestrian street this weekend? Just ringing a set of beautiful photos, while enjoying the comfort of special art games and music … But more than that, you can enjoy the snacks with a close group of friends. , cool ice creams and shopping … all sorrow has no place to jostle in this fun, right?